I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 791 - 296: The Empress Leaves the Palace! What a Massive Ziwei Star!

The night was tranquil at this moment, and Chu Yanli’s voice was exceptionally clear.

The Imperial Army and the drivers hung their heads low, pretending not to hear anything, while Lv Huaiyu turned his head, looking at the two with a somewhat peculiar expression.

Chen Mo’s mouth twitched slightly, as if his words were squeezed out from between his teeth: "I really wish to see Your Highness again..."

"Me too."

Chu Yanli smiled brightly: "Thanks to you healing me yesterday, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to participate in the ceremony. However, you were a bit too rough, and I’m still a bit sore now."

"Ahem, Your Highness!"

Lu Shuangge whispered from the side: "There are many ears around, please be cautious with your words."

Chu Yanli also understood that business was crucial, so she stopped talking further.

Soon, a luxurious royal palanquin emerged slowly from the palace, Eunuch Jin, dressed in a Python Robe, walked ahead.

Upon getting closer, he gestured with his hand, and the royal palanquin smoothly stopped beside the elephant carriage.

The Crown Prince rose to perform a salute, "Your son greets mother."

The curtain of the palanquin lifted slightly, and the tranquil voice of the Empress came: "The Crown Prince is acting on behalf of the Monarch today, no need for formalities."

"Your son understands."

The Crown Prince slowly sat back down.

With the Empress accompanying him, his anxious feelings were alleviated significantly, and he even covertly winked at Chen Mo through the beaded curtain.

"Is Her Majesty the Empress also attending the grand ceremony?" Chen Mo frowned slightly.

According to tradition, the rite to worship the heavens belonged to the Yang ceremony, and women were forbidden to participate, even the Empress should be no exception.

Chu Yanli noticed his confusion, and transmitted soundly: "Exceptional times call for exceptional measures. The Crown Prince is still young; the Empress leads the court as regent, commanding the ministers, accompanying the procession to steady the formation is normal."

"As long as she doesn’t enter the core area of the ceremony, it won’t be considered taboo."

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow: "Then why are you also following along, Your Highness?"

Chu Yanli shook her head and said: "The journey is perilous, there must be someone to take care, I must protect the Empress well, if any mishap occurs, won’t you be incredibly distressed?"

"..."

This woman really dares to say anything.

Chen Mo couldn’t be bothered to respond to her, silently standing aside, not speaking any further.

3:15 AM.

Dong——

With the resonant sound of the bell, a bright lamp illuminated the darkness in the distance.

Then followed the second lamp, third lamp... continuing upward, fifty-nine bright lamps lit up one after another, reaching sky-high, illuminating the vast building that was hundreds of zhang tall in utmost brilliance.

"The Observatory..."

Chen Mo fixed his gaze and saw the entire tall platform constructed from pure white stone, layer upon layer, resembling a staircase to heaven, with its surface polished like a mirror, faintly revealing intricate cloud patterns.

Looking far into the distance, on the topmost layer of the Observatory, a figure dressed in blue was climbing to the summit.

With his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttered in the wind, every step spanning several zhang in distance, ascending amidst the sea of clouds, appearing quite ethereal and otherworldly.

"Who might that be?" Chen Mo was a bit curious.

"Director of the Astronomical Observatory, Qi Chengze." Chu Yanli said: "Master of the Qi Observation Skill, capable of foreseeing fortune and misfortune, predicting the national destiny; just like Lv Huaiyu, he is an old... ahem, an old gentleman."

"..."

Chen Mo glanced at Chu Yanli, you were about to say ’old immortal,’ weren’t you!

However, the Astronomical Observatory had always been low-key, his knowledge of this Director was limited, knowing only that he was the sole oracle of Tiandu City.

Chu Yanli shrugged and said: "Don’t look at me like that, divination is just for peace of mind, Great Yuan is in chaos, yet year after year the star observation results are auspicious... So I never believe in fate, only in myself."

Chen Mo didn’t have any remarks on this bold claim.

To become the Director of the Astronomical Observatory, it naturally can’t be a mere Jianghu trickster.

It’s likely even if he foresaw something, he wouldn’t dare to speak out, otherwise it would certainly cause a stir, and he could easily find trouble...

...

...

Step——

Qi Chengze ascended to the fifty-ninth level.

Clear moonlight cascaded down, the jade-like texture of the ground reflected the sea of clouds.

In the center of the platform, a half-human tall copper mirror was placed, its design was ancient, the mirror surface sealed with black paint, and the mirror’s boundary inscribed with innate trigrams in cinnabar mixed with gold powder.

Qi Chengze raised his hand towards emptiness, densely packed seal script illuminated alongside it.

After unlocking the interconnected array formations, he stepped towards the copper mirror.

Upon arrival, he first bowed towards the southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest, then bit his right thumb, pressing onto the mirror surface, using his blood to draw on it.

The action was immensely slow, every stroke seemingly carrying a thousand-weight pressure.

Upon completing the last stroke, the large word "Gan" had already formed.

Qi Chengze breathed a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat from his forehead, not daring to delay, muttering softly:

"Emperor of Taiwei, Ultimate Venerable of Ziwei, Stars of Three Enclosures, all serve your deity..."

"Qi of Qian casts images, Spirit of Kun manifests forms, please register in Beidou, allow me to observe the heavens!"

Whoosh——

The wind suddenly arose.

The high platform trembled in an instant!

Light akin to star brilliance flowed along the patterns of the building’s surface, continuously pouring into the Heavenly Observation Mirror.

The black paint on the mirror surface cracked, peeling away bit by bit, a radiant and dazzling light burst forth, straight into the sky!

Upon seeing this spectacle, Chen Mo suddenly realized.

So this entire Observatory was an extraordinarily immense Spirit Gathering Array!

Just how powerful must the magic artifact be to require such vast energy for its activation?

Crack——

The night sky seemed to tear open a mouth.

Through the gap, one could see the boundless Milky Way of the cosmic universe.

Not a static picture, but a flowing torrent, numerous stars following eternal paths, moved slowly, etching delicate streaks of light against the ink-black backdrop.

Everyone raised their heads to gaze upward, their breath slightly quickened.

No matter how many times such a scene is experienced, it invariably feels profoundly awe-inspiring.